Pure-FTPD + pureadmin (Ftp server with gui)

Install ''Pure-FTPD'' with GUI

1. Install the pure-ftpd package and the pureadmin package from the Universe Repository.

   sudo apt-get install pure-ftpd pureadmin

2. Then use your favorite text editor and open up the /etc/inetd.conf file. Comment (add a # at the start of) the line containing 'ftp'. Command example for text editor GEdit...

   sudo gedit /etc/inetd.conf

3. Again use your favorite text editor and open up the /etc/default/pure-ftpd-common file. Change STANDALONE_OR_INETD=inetd to STANDALONE_OR_INETD=standalone. Command example for text editor GEdit...

   sudo gedit /etc/default/pure-ftpd-common

4. Then

   sudo groupadd ftpgroup

   and

   sudo useradd -g ftpgroup -d /dev/null -s /etc ftpuser

   in the terminal.

5. Next create your ftpuser directory

   sudo mkdir /home/ftpusers

6. Then to create a user directory for joe

   sudo mkdir /home/ftpusers/joe

   (you can create a directory for each ftp user)

7. Then to add user joe

   sudo pure-pw useradd joe -u ftpuser -d /home/ftpusers/joe

8. Then to create you user database

   sudo pure-pw mkdb

9. Then

   sudo ln -s /etc/pure-ftpd/pureftpd.passwd /etc/pureftpd.passwd

   and

   sudo ln -s /etc/pure-ftpd/pureftpd.pdb /etc/pureftpd.pdb

   and

   sudo ln -s /etc/pure-ftpd/conf/PureDB /etc/pure-ftpd/auth/PureDB

   which will create symbolic links between the respective files.

10. Then using your favorite text editor create the file /etc/pure-ftpd/conf/UnixAuthentication containing only the string no without quotes. Command example for text editor GEdit...

    sudo gedit /etc/pure-ftpd/conf/UnixAuthentication

11. Next you need to modify the permissions of /home/ftpusers directory and of any other subdirectories. The owner must be ftpuser while Group must be ftpgroup

    sudo chown -hR ftpuser:ftpgroup /home/ftpusers/

12. After doing that open up pureadmin in the terminal.

    gksudo pureadmin

    and stop firestarter if it is installed.

NOTES

• The user joe is used as an example, you can change user joe and/or add or remove other users through pureadmin.

You may need to restart PureFTPD before changes take effect.

sudo /etc/init.d/pure-ftpd restart

TROUBLESHOOTING

You may be given one of these warnings when trying to connect to your server:

 [WARNING] Can't login as [joe]: account disabled

 "Sorry, but I can't trust you" 

These two warnings occur if your system set the UserID (UID) and/or GroupID (GID) associated with the ftpuser user below 1000. To see what the current values are, type the following at a shell:

• id ftpuser

  You'll be given something similar to the following:

  uid=572(ftpuser) gid=972(ftpgroup) groups=972(ftpgroup)

  The actual numbers don't matter much, but they should be higher then 1000 for Pure-FTPD to be happy.
  To fix the UserID (UID) portion, open a shell and type:

  sudo usermod -u 1021 -p -U ftpuser

  To fix the GroupID (GID):

  sudo groupmod -g 1022 ftpgroup

Restart the Pure-FTPD daemon and you should be up and running.

Original Ubuntu Forums thread: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=91052

Launch Pad Question: https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pure-ftpd/+question/99048